<p>I'm thinking some fairly aggressive blocking will sort the border out. Glad I went down two needle sizes. Onward to the sleeves. Tomorrow. <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/knittersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#knittersOfMastodon</a></p>
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<p>Flower Stole - a new project. </p><p>I bought a third ball from the same yarn (but different dye lot) that I'd used for the cardigan (which is still drying) - just in case. </p><p>I'll turn it into a stole with a simple flower pattern, worked on the bias but with a straight cast on. Pretty mindless, 8 stitch / 8 row pattern repeat. </p><p>I started it to take to the <a href="/tags/kip/" rel="tag">#KIP</a> event.</p><p>@knitting @fiberarts <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/fiberarts/" rel="tag">#fiberarts</a></p>
<p>Michelle May (aka The Giddy Stitcher) makes videos about lots of different crafts including cross-stitch, sewing, crochet, knitting and many others. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/michellemay/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/michellemay', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/michellemay', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>michellemay</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 70 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/michellemay/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/michellemay/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/michellemay/vi</span><span class="invisible">deos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow her general social media account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@thegiddystitcher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thegiddystitcher</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/crafting/" rel="tag">#Crafting</a> <a href="/tags/crafts/" rel="tag">#Crafts</a> <a href="/tags/crossstitch/" rel="tag">#CrossStitch</a> <a href="/tags/sewing/" rel="tag">#Sewing</a> <a href="/tags/crochet/" rel="tag">#Crochet</a> <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#Knitting</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
<p>This Vaxbo linen made quite an interestingly geometric cake.</p><p><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a></p>
<p>Start of the project.</p><p>I'm making a top down sweater with a European shoulder. </p><p>Doing just stripes didn't blend / fade nicely enough so I'm adding a bit of texture at the color changes to blur it further. I think that works nicely.</p><p>Now on to write down some notes or I will forget what I've done so far ...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@knitting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knitting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@fiberarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fiberarts</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/fiberarts/" rel="tag">#fiberarts</a> </p><p>More about the colors here <a href="https://troet.cafe/@FanCityKnits/115644955261431552" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="troet.cafe/@FanCityKnits/115644955261431552"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">troet.cafe/@FanCityKnits/11564</span><span class="invisible">4955261431552</span></a></p>
<p>New <a href="/tags/intro/" rel="tag">#intro</a>!</p><p>I’m a hyperjack musician, writer & video artist. My latest album, ‘Status’, is mainly about escaping Big Tech dystopia. </p><p>My website <a href="https://meljoann.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>meljoann.com</a> includes nerdy blog posts on Faircamp, Owncast & leaving mainstream social media. </p><p>Some stuff I love: </p><p><a href="/tags/musicproduction/" rel="tag">#musicProduction</a> <a href="/tags/videoproduction/" rel="tag">#videoProduction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/experimentalmusic/" rel="tag">#experimentalMusic</a> <a href="/tags/electronicmusic/" rel="tag">#electronicMusic</a> <a href="/tags/randb/" rel="tag">#RandB</a> <a href="/tags/earlymusic/" rel="tag">#earlyMusic</a> <a href="/tags/improvisedmusic/" rel="tag">#improvisedMusic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#scienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/alternativecomedy/" rel="tag">#alternativeComedy</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#linux</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>
<p>Also this might be the best piece of <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> I’ve done recently. My friend asked for an *unusual* Christmas stocking for her daughter</p>
<p>Dear <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> lazy web: does anyone know of any patterns for socks with thick bottoms? I bought some socks in Scotland that are thick, warm, and squooshy on the bottom and they are my new best friends. I want to make more! Searching on ravelry was not productive, but it's a difficult thing to search for. I can't figure out a way to do it on my own without knitting flat and seaming.</p>
<p>Frog has a friend! <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a></p>
<p>New project - this time a cardigan.</p><p>I bought the yarn this summer in Denmark as a souvenir with the vague idea to make a cardigan / jacket with stranded colorwork at the yoke. On a black and white picture the colors have enough contrast against each other, but the heathering eats finer details, so it's going to be a very simple zig-zag.</p><p>The yoke will be based on the percentag system from "Knitting in the old way" but top down</p><p><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@knitting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knitting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@fiberarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fiberarts</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/fiberarts/" rel="tag">#fiberarts</a></p>
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<p>Australian software engineer Sarah Spencer hacked a 1980's knitting machine to create "Stargazing: a knitted tapestry" to show the universe in a unique way. 🇦🇺</p><p>Sarah explains, “By using a floppy drive emulator written in Python and a web interface, I can send an image to the Raspberry Pi over the network, preview it in a knitting grid, and tell it to send the knitting pattern to the knitting machine via the floppy drive port ... </p><p><a href="https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/knitting-network-printer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/knitting-network-printer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">magazine.raspberrypi.com/artic</span><span class="invisible">les/knitting-network-printer</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/womensart/" rel="tag">#WomensArt</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#Knitting</a> <a href="/tags/raspberrypi/" rel="tag">#raspberrypi</a></p>
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If I add the triangles two and two into parallelograms I have now knitted 1000 parallelograms.<br>.<br>This project feels kind of endless, but now there are only 65 more parallelograms and an edge left before all of the weaving in of ends...<br>Almost done.<br><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/handmade/" rel="tag">#handmade</a>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@terrymatz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>terrymatz</span></a></span> is at fault. 😉</p><p>A few days ago she posted patterns for Tolkien / LOTR. I showed the hat to my son and ...</p><p>Now I'm knitting it.</p><p>"The Fellowship of the Ring hat" <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-hat" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-hat"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ravelry.com/patterns/libra</span><span class="invisible">ry/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-hat</span></a></p><p>Provisional cast on, because I'm doing it in double knit. No floats on the inside that way. The yarn is very silky merino because sensitive skin. Smooth silky yarn and long floats are a recipe for disaster.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@knitting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knitting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@fiberarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fiberarts</span></a></span> <br><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/fiberarts/" rel="tag">#fiberarts</a></p>
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<p>Cozy Caturday Cottage Cats! 🐈🔥</p><p>Art by Elisabeth Alba<br>Created with ink, watercolor, and acryla gouache</p><p>Prints at <a href="http://albaillustration.etsy.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>albaillustration.etsy.com</a></p><p><a href="/tags/caturday/" rel="tag">#caturday</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/cozy/" rel="tag">#cozy</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/anthro/" rel="tag">#anthro</a> <a href="/tags/furry/" rel="tag">#furry</a> <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#victorian</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a></p>
<p>More socks finished - 2nd pair for 2026</p><p>These are for my daughter, yarn is from the Opal Schafpaten line from 2025, called Buchenwald (beech forest), pattern stitch is a double leaf pattern, don't know where I got the chart from, it's been in my files for a long time.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@knitting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knitting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@fiberarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fiberarts</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/sockknitting/" rel="tag">#sockknitting</a> <a href="/tags/fiberarts/" rel="tag">#fiberarts</a> <a href="/tags/schafpaten/" rel="tag">#schafpaten</a></p>
<p>More socks (I hope my daughter likes them because they are for her)</p><p>The pattern I'm basing this on is called "Fairy Maiden", but i think it looks like little stacked owls 🦉 (I'm mostly just taking the pattern stitch, the rest is how I construct socks all the time).</p><p>I'm getting on with my planning what large project to tackle next, but not yet there, so I'm keeping myself occupied with small ones.</p><p><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fairy-maiden" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fairy-maiden"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ravelry.com/patterns/libra</span><span class="invisible">ry/fairy-maiden</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/fiberarts/" rel="tag">#fiberarts</a> <a href="/tags/sockknitting/" rel="tag">#sockknitting</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@knitting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knitting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@fiberarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fiberarts</span></a></span></p>
<p>From homespun cloth in anti-colonial movements to coded knitting used by wartime spies, craft has long served as a subtle but potent form of protest.</p><p><a href="https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/melting-the-ice-from-norwegian-nisselue-to-modern-protest" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/melting-the-ice-from-norwegian-nisselue-to-modern-protest"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedg</span><span class="invisible">e/melting-the-ice-from-norwegian-nisselue-to-modern-protest</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a></p>
<p>Planning my next project - I had 3 different yarns in mind with general ideas what to turn them into, but so far not really decided on the pattern.</p><p>When shuffling through the boxes of handspun yarn I found some 3ply dyed on a grey base yarn - 2 skeins, in total about 800 m</p><p>I picked <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/s11175-loucinda-shirt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/s11175-loucinda-shirt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ravelry.com/patterns/libra</span><span class="invisible">ry/s11175-loucinda-shirt</span></a> - but it's going to be a slipover, not a warm weather garment. And as my gauge is 22 instead of 26 sts, I work size S to get an L</p><p><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/fiberarts/" rel="tag">#fiberarts</a> <a href="/tags/handspunyarn/" rel="tag">#HandspunYarn</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@knitting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knitting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@fiberarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fiberarts</span></a></span></p>
<p>Looking for an awesome new knit? Papermoonknits has a free pattern with code ONEWORLD26 - until the 22nd </p><p><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/joan-forgione?sort=projects#designs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ravelry.com/designers/joan-forgione?sort=projects#designs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ravelry.com/designers/joan</span><span class="invisible">-forgione?sort=projects#designs</span></a></p><p>(I picked up Oxalis, because dang those sleeves look incredible). </p><p><a href="/tags/knitting/" rel="tag">#knitting</a> <a href="/tags/freepattern/" rel="tag">#freepattern</a> <a href="/tags/ravelry/" rel="tag">#ravelry</a></p>